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For a man who liked being called __the__ American, Mark Twain spent a surprising amount of time outside the continental United States. Biographer Roy Morris, Jr., focuses on the dozen years Twain spent overseas and on the popular travel books—__The Innocents Abroad__, __A Tramp Abroad__, and __Following the Equator__—he wrote about his adventures. Unintimidated by Old World sophistication and unafraid to travel to less developed parts of the globe, Twain encouraged American readers to follow him around the world at the dawn of mass tourism, when advances in transportation made leisure travel possible for an emerging middle class. In so doing, he helped lead Americans into the twentieth century and guided them toward more cosmopolitan views. In his first book, __The Innocents Abroad__ (1869), Twain introduced readers to the “American Vandal,” a brash, unapologetic visitor to foreign lands, unimpressed with the local ambiance but eager to appropriate any souvenir that could be carried off. He adopted this persona throughout his career, even after he grew into an international celebrity who dined with the German Kaiser, traded quips with the king of England, gossiped with the Austrian

Who reads American vandal : Mark Twain abroad?

Author

Roy Morris Jr.

Publisher

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674425323

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Travel, Biography

Rating

3.73 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14